THE world will end in a catastrophic fire of "biblical proportions", a prominent evangelical preacher has astonishingly claimed.

Pastor Paul Begley from West Lafayette in Indiana, US, is certain Earth facs0e certain doom at the hands of God. In a dire apocalyptic warning to his followers, the Christian preacher bizarrely claimed evidence of death and fire is hidden in the Bible. Quoting passages from the Apostle Peter, Pastor Begley suggested the world’s days are numbered. The firebrand preacher said: “The Earth is going to melt with a fervent heat.”

End of the world: Pastor Paul Begley thinks Nibiru will destroy the Earth (Image: GETTY)

“You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.”

All of this in pastor Begley’s opinion could be evidence of the mythical planet Nibiru – a widely debunked conspiracy theory claiming a rogue planet 10-times bigger than Earth is barreling towards us.

Christian conspiracists who support the bizarre theory claim mention of Nibiru in the Bible is hidden behind the name Wormwood.

Pastor Begley said when this comes to pass, the Earth’s poles will shift in a cataclysmic disaster never seen before by mankind.

End of the world: The Planet X theory is a widely debunked conspiracy (Image: GETTY)

He said: “This Planet X – Nibiru – or some other type of natural phenomenon sent by God to shake the heavens and the Earth, will they go away just because we don’t believe, or you don’t believe or someone else doesn’t believe?

“It doesn’t change the infallible word of God that we are in the end times.”

According to the world’s leading scientists, however, there is no evidence to suggest Nibiru or Planet X will destroy the planet – because it does not exist.

NASA’s simply stated: “Nibiru and other stories about wayward planets are an Internet hoax.”